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Archive for September, 2010

First of all, to like this DVD, you have to like Journey, with their pop-rock brand of music. If so, I think you’ll generally enjoy this, though the DVD isn’t quite perfect. For example, Neal Schon and Deen Castronovo give enthusiastic performances, with Castronovo turning out to be a surprisingly good singer, but the sound quality of the guitar and drums is a bit muddy. On the other hand, the sound quality for Jonathan Cain and Ross Valory is fine, but their stage presence strikes me as a bit dull.

But the high point of the whole performance, and clearly the new soul of the band, is Arnel Pineda. No, his voice doesn’t quite have the unparalleled richness and layered complexity of Steve Perry’s voice, but Pineda is still exceptionally good and I think he does capture Perry’s essence. And of course Pineda’s rags to riches story is heartwarming and inspiring, so the fact that this performance is in his hometown of Manila adds unique magic. Kudos to Pineda, and kudos also to Journey for being open-minded and generous enough to give him this opportunity. It works out to be a win-win outcome. Or, rather, win-win-win, since we the audience also benefit from this little musical renaissance.

Highly recommended, particularly to Journey fans.
Journey Live In Manila

I like everything about this product except one thing…it is hard to snap onto the holder. That is OK when the unit is not active but when it is active I found the pressure from the back to snap this in caused my Garmin to default to a frozen position. Really annoying when I’m in a hurry to start it up and find something local.
How to Eat for

Wii system is very user friendly. Easy setup, easy to use. My husband and I are
fifty-something and we’re having a ball with our Wii.
Night Listener The tie

With the purchase of a splitter I needed an HDMI cable to connect my PS3 to the splitter. This was the product I chose.

The only change I would have made would have been if I could get a shorter cable. This is all that was available when I made my purchase. I think the splitter should have included this cable already attached.

Other than that it has performed without flaw.

I hope this helps other to make their decision in what to buy.
Shimano Nexus Standard Rr

Canon EOS 500D Digital

I was skeptical about ordering this item because I did not think it would stay where I wanted to put it in my car. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that it really does sit and stay wherever you place it. It is not anything like the mounts that come with the Garmin. This is a great item.
Cheep Linux

You have to use it to believe it. Tremendous help with a shedding pet.
Flora of Mt Pinos

Great product! I trust its precision. The only drawback – and it’s minor – is that my bathroom is small, so I have to keep the scale under a low table. To use it, I have to lift the scale and bring it out. If I jostle it too much it has to be ‘reset’ by stepping on, stepping off, waiting for the “C” to flash. Then I step back on for an accurate weight reading. This is a minor inconvenience, compared to the easy readability and trust in accuracy. My last scale was impossible to read and showed a different weight every time I stepped on it. Good price, good product. I chose it largely due to positive reviews here on Amazon.
The Love Story of

We bought these after trying a free sample of UnderJams, and my son liked the way they felt over the Goodnights. The sample worked fine. Well, 3 out of the 4 nights we used the UnderJams (after shelling out $50 for the 3 packages), we had major leaks that required full sheet changes in the middle of the night. By the 5th night, we were so tired, I went out and bought a package of Goodnights so we could get a full night sleep, and they worked like a charm, as usual. We are definitely going back to Goodnights. I am really disappointed in the UnderJams, and now I’m stuck with all these packages!
Pampers UnderJams Night Wear

I feel a little weird writing a critical review about this book. It was strongly recommended to me by several people who said it was “a great story” so I was expecting something that would truly captivate me and pull me in. For me, it simply fell short.

I think that a tremendous amount of time and effort went into the research involved for this book and that should not go unnoticed. If you’re looking for a book that clearly depicts the Great Depression and/or circus life during that time period – by all means you should pick up the book. I do not know a tremendous amount about that time period to tell you if it was fully accurate, but I feel that it did give me a pretty good picture of what circus life would be like in that era. The photographs installed at the beginning of each chapter also did a great job connecting the story with the reality of traveling circuses of the time. The language probably could have corresponded a bit more, but in terms of the spirit and energy of the book versus the time period in which it takes place, I think it was pretty spot on.

However, I really had trouble connecting with the characters. They simply did not seem like well-rounded, real people to me. I understand that the characters should be eccentric considering they are individuals traveling with a circus, but not to the point where they should seem artificial. Their emotional reactions to various tumultuous situations seemed unrealistic – based on having experienced similar situations in my life. The psychological repercussions would have been huge for a lot of the major conflicts that occur in the book – especially during the time of the Great Depression – but I did not feel the degree of inner struggle within the characters was well represented throughout the story. The characters would get sad or angry, but they seemed to sedate their feelings pretty darn quick.

The depiction of the main character in his old age, however, seemed more realistic to me. I thought the scenes
Mullins Square Champ Baby